Evolution of open source software projects: A systematic literature review

Journal of Software

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2815-2829

  Mahbubul Syeed, M M ^a   Hammouda, Imed ^a   Systä, Tarja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Evolution; Open source; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCES; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84887278468     PISSN: 1796217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jsw.8.11.2815-2829     Document Type: Article

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